Nairobi, April 6 -- The National Assembly has rejected the allocation of Sh866.4million by the Treasury to clear pending bills for eight media organisations, dealing a blow to the firms struggling with cash flow challenges.

The amount had been allocated in the Supplementary Estimates No 1 of 2025/26 to the State Department for Broadcasting and Digital Economy to clear pending bills.

"Reduce Sh826 million for recurrent from pending bills to media houses (Treasury Addendum)," Samuel Atandi, who chairs the National Assembly's Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC), said in a report on the Supplementary Estimates I of 2025/26.

The Treasury had approved the Sh866.4 million payment.

Appearing before the National Assembly's Committee on C...